diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c b/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c
index 8441f6b3f617d5a27dfe8235ae82d64d8221a6f7..92a03ff5fb4d4392c8726a8cd556d9476fc5c0a1 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c
@@ -967,7 +967,7 @@ static void nvme_rdma_error_recovery_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	struct nvme_rdma_ctrl *ctrl = container_of(work,
 			struct nvme_rdma_ctrl, err_work);
 
-	nvme_stop_ctrl(&ctrl->ctrl);
+	nvme_stop_keep_alive(&ctrl->ctrl);
 
 	if (ctrl->ctrl.queue_count > 1) {
 		nvme_stop_queues(&ctrl->ctrl);